Liquid Crystals: Nematics, Lyotropics and Vesicles

Presentations

• Dynamics of chiral liquid-crystal films driven by water transport

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 11:15 AM – March 22, 2011, 11:27 AM

  Authors

  • Jonathan V. Selinger

    • Kent State Univ.
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • Lena M. Lopatina

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

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• Linear aggregation and liquid-crystalline order: comparison of Monte Carlo simulation and analytic theory

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 11:27 AM – March 22, 2011, 11:39 AM

  Authors

  • Tatiana Kuriabova

    • University of Colorado

  • M.D. Betterton

    • University of Colorado at Boulder

  • Matthew A. Glaser

    • University of Colorado at Boulder

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• Modeling the Kerr effect in polymer-disordered liquid crystals

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 11:39 AM – March 22, 2011, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • Lena M. Lopatina

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • Jonathan V. Selinger

    • Kent State Univ.
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

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• A nonlocal model of inhomogeneous nematic liquid crystals

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 11:51 AM – March 22, 2011, 12:03 PM

  Authors

  • Peter Palffy-Muhoray

    • Liquid Crystal Institute - KSU

  • Xiaoyu Zheng

    • Dept. of Mathematical Science - KSU
    • Dept. of Mathermatical Sciences - KSU

  • Roland Ennis

    • Pressco Technology Inc. Cleveland, OH

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• Freely Suspended Nematic Films

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 12:03 PM – March 22, 2011, 12:15 PM

  Authors

  • Wilder Iglesias

    • Kent State University

  • Jeffrey Choi

    • Kent State University

  • Elizabeth K. Mann

    • Kent State University

  • Antal Jakli

    • Kent State University

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• Fluctuation Modes of a Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystal

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 12:15 PM – March 22, 2011, 12:27 PM

  Authors

  • Madhabi Majumdar

    • Kent State University

  • S. Chakraborty

    • Kent State University

  • B. Senyuk

    • Kent State University

  • O.D. Lavrentovich

    • Kent State University

  • James T. Gleeson

    • Kent State University

  • Antal Jakli

    • Kent State University

  • Samuel Sprunt

    • Kent State University

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• Three dielectric constants and orientation order parameters in nematic mesophases

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 12:27 PM – March 22, 2011, 12:39 PM

  Authors

  • Hyung Guen Yoon

  • Seung Yeon Jeong

    • Kent State University

  • Satyendra Kumar

    • Kent State University

  • Min Sang Park

  • Jung Ok Park

  • M. Srinivasarao

    • Georgia Instittue of Technology

  • Sung Tae Shin

    • LCD R\&D Center, Samsung Electronics Corp.

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• The interplay between fluctuations in physical structure and power consumption in electroconvecting liquid crystals

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 12:39 PM – March 22, 2011, 12:51 PM

  Authors

  • John Cressman

    • George Mason University

  • Zrinka Greguric

    • George Mason University

  • Tyrus Berry

    • George Mason University

  • Timothy Sauer

    • George Mason University

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• Magneto-optical technique for detecting biaxial nematic phase

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 12:51 PM – March 22, 2011, 1:03 PM

  Authors

  • Tanya Ostapenko

    • Kent State University

  • J.T. Gleeson

    • Kent State University

  • S.N. Sprunt

    • Kent State University

  • Antal Jakli

    • Kent State University

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• Nonlinear electrophoresis in nematics: Flows and effects of salts

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 1:03 PM – March 22, 2011, 1:15 PM

  Authors

  • Israel Lazo-Martinez

    • Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University

  • Oleg D. Lavrentovich

    • Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University

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• Anisotropic Stokes Drag and Dynamic Lift on Cylindrical Colloids in a Nematic Liquid Crystal

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 1:15 PM – March 22, 2011, 1:27 PM

  Authors

  • Joel Rovner

  • Clayton Lapointe

  • Daniel Reich

  • Robert Leheny

    • Johns Hopkins University

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• Morphology and Rheology of the Liquid Crystal-Colloid Composites

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 1:27 PM – March 22, 2011, 1:39 PM

  Authors

  • Lu Zou

    • Liquid Crystal Institue, Kent State University

  • Chanjoong Kim

    • Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
    • Liquid Crystal Institue, Kent State University

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• Structural Reorganization of Liquid Crystals Revealled by Fast Scanning Calorimeter

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 1:39 PM – March 22, 2011, 1:51 PM

  Authors

  • Dongshan Zhou

    • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093
    • State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, China
    • Nanjing University

  • Jing Jiang

    • Nanjing University

  • Xiaoliang Wang

    • Nanjing University

  • Gi Xue

    • Nanjing University
    • Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093

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• Parity breaking in nematic tactoids of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 1:51 PM – March 22, 2011, 2:03 PM

  Authors

  • Luana Tortora

    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University

  • Oleg D. Lavrentovich

    • Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    • Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Kent State University

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• Orientational order and defect structures on curved surfaces

  ORAL

  March 22, 2011, 2:03 PM – March 22, 2011, 2:15 PM

  Authors

  • Subas Dhakal

    • Northwestern University

  • Francisco Solis

    • Northwestern University / Arizona State University
    • Arizona State University

  • Monica Olvera de la Cruz

    • Northwestern University
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

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